Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1887-12-18
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DAILY HERALD.
DRAMA AND SONG
The Campaniui Opera Com
pany to Appear.
MONTE CRIsro Ar THE GRAND
Votes From Everywhere-Tht
Stage World III Nutshell
Gleanings.
MONTE CRIsro AT THE GRAND.

ol6dulHyss
Aiter their tour on the Pacific Coast
Booth and Barrett contemplate tiil
20 Europe.
0yah Bernhardt is baek in Pari,
snd healing the programme at the
Theater Franchise.
Neil Burgess engagement at the
Bush-street Theatre, San Francisco,
has been decided financial success
The Perry Bros, of the Club Thea.
ter, are constru ting variety theateI
il San Bernardino, which they p,o-
pose TO open in a few weeks.
Gus Mills, the American burlesque
prima donna, is back in San Fran
cisco, and made his temperance last
Monday night at the Fountain.
The celebrated company of the
Gaiety Theater will shortly start on
tour ronnd the world and the Daily
Company will o.cupy their building
during their absence.
Mrs. Ianptry, after having drawn
full b. .uses in Boston and Rrnkl, n. is
now occupying the b Yards OF the Grand
Opera House, New York, aud attract.
ing large AMI fashionable audiences.
Henry Irving played to g,oi BUSH
ness in New York. The receipts for
thesix weeks amounted to over $I20 :
go with nut including 5000 matt
nee for the benefit Of the fund to erect
. statue to Beecher.
The Spirit Of The Times has the fol.
low ng in its issue Of The 10 b inst:
"Lps Angeles packed its Grand Ol'era
House tor nine nights and two matt
Aees to see Margaret Mather. There
Was not vaca, seat du ing her en-
gagement But the heart Of Los An
4elrs is true to Mrs. Langtry."
Gerster, the Queen of the song, the
nightingale Of the Campanini troupe,
the pei Ut the musical world, is q
thing of the p.st.. Her voice has al
most entirely gone, and with it the
has lost all her vivacity and seems
entirely crushed. She was lionized
in Ham Francisco when she was sing
ing there, and her affection is a sad
bow to those who. having once heard
her, hoped to hear her enrapturing
tones once again.
II. N. S. Piaafre has been pro-
duced vt the Savoy Tneater. London.
and Is completely successful. The
caste includes Geraldine Ulmar an
American prima donna and an Eng
lish dramatic journal has the follow
ing to say of her. Miss G raj, line
Ulmar might, perhaps, with alvan-
tsge moderate the ierocity OF iier
hustle. which now seems to threaten
10 pull her hind ley off the floor ut
every second turn; in all else, how
ever, she is delicious-dresses, voice,
acting. personal attractions and all.
The Webster Brady Company ex-
pect TO have crowded houses during
Christmas week, to witness the
decentralization Of Rider Haggard'r
popular novel She. The cast OF the
principal characters will be as follows
"Ayerha. "Charlotte Tittel :. u stane, u
Laura Bigger: Burma" Marsaret
MARSHALL; LEO" w. Mcdonnell
"Billali, wv. H. West; "M)hammed, y
George Stevens; Captain, Alex.
Randolph; Native" John Mullery ;
Horace Holly" George P. Webster ;
"Job,~ w. A. Brady.
A association to be known as the
"United ircuit of the Pacific Coast"
has been inaugurated in San Fran
cisco. The prime movers in the enter
prise are James Browne, manager OF
tho Vienna Garlen; WIN. Elleford, OF
the Stockton Theater, Stockton; the
Perry Brothers. of the Club Theater.
Los Angeles; Richard Clinton, OF the
Tivoli Theater. Portland; James
Smith, of the Bijou rheater, Seattle !;
James Reilly, Of the Club Theater.
Victoria, and Harry Morgan, of Nor
gan's Theater. Tacoma, all of whom
are prominent varie y theater man
ayers. The main object is to induce
flrst-class speciality people to come to
the coast by guaranteeing them five
Or six months steady engagements.
y The Hanlon brothers are among
She most remar kable people on the
stage, and not lea-t among the pecu-
liarities that distinguish them is their
great love and consideration r each
other. The manner in which they
conduct their business seems very
funny. There are only three of them
left now. The oldest brother was
killed by fall from the trapeze.
Another was injured SO badly that he
died several mouths after in an
-. lum. Fred died last year in Europe
Of consumption. Now there is left
William, who is with the Faatasma
com pany, Edward, who has LIE Voyage
en- Suisse, and George. William l.
about IS years old George is about 40
and Edward 38. George has full con-
troll Of the finances of both companies.
Every week a statement of what has
been done is sent TO him. The money
IL also sent to him. At the end Of the
season the profits are divided into
three parts, and each of the brothers
gets his third. It does not make any
difference If the receipts of one COM
pany far exceed thuse the other,
the division is the same. They have
always followed that custom and have
never had difference in their lives.
For the past three years lie Topdge en-
Suisse has been in Europe. The piece
b now touring this country with great
success everywhere. --ISdn Francisco
Music and Drama.
Several years ago when Amy Sher-
win, who has recently been very for
tunate in winning reputation abroad,
first came TO this city, her husband
an adventurer named Gorlitz-with
Fred Lyster. who was then skirmish-
ing for living here, and Seneca
Augustus Swain, the present sensa-
tion IL criminal circles, organized a
trio, offensive and defensive, with the
purpose in view OF making big win
ning out Of the then new and popular
Pinafore. People were engaged with
promises Of large salary and sure pay
70 support the great Amy Sherwin in
that greater sensation, HI. M. 8. Pima
fore, with the result usually attending
the management of the unfortunate
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